Richard Barrett

Richard Barrett (17 December 1889-8 December 1922) was an Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish Civil War.

Biography
Richard Barrett was born in Ballineen, County Cork, Ireland on 17 December 1889, and he studied to become a teacher. Barrett had an enthusiasm for teaching the Irish language, and he joined Sinn Fein in 1917. During the Irish War of Independence, he served as an Irish Republican Army brigade staff officer, and he was one of the anti-treaty Sinn Fein members who took over the Four Courts building in Dublin in 1922. He was captured when the Irish military stormed the building, and he was executed by firing squad on 8 December 1922.